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| Study on the Influence Mechanism of Government Competition Behavior on Regional Talent Flow: Mediating Effect Analysis of Regional Opening Up |
| Cao Wei,Dong Wenting |
| （College of Economics and Management, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030006, China） |
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Abstract In recent years, the competition for high-end talents is becoming increasingly fierce all over the world. There are fierce talent competitions in major and medium-sized cities in China, triggering an unprecedented war for talent. As an important resource to drive the flow of regional talent, government competition has become an important factor. In addition, the local government competition is closely related to the regional opening-up, and with the improvement of the level of regional opening-up, the flow of talents is becoming increasingly frequent. Does regional opening-up play an intermediary role in government competition and affect the flow of talents? How should researchers study and evaluate the effect of government competition behavior and regional opening-up to help attract talents? These practical questions are worth exploring and there is the need of rigorous empirical analysis and robustness tests to provide scientific solutions.#br#The relationship between government competition behavior and the regional talent flow has always been a hot topic in academic circles. Some scholars have been made aware of the impacts of government competition behavior, many studies have verified government competition behavior can affect the regional talent flow, and the level of regional opening-up can also affect the flow of talents, but the existing literature seldom deals with the impact of the combination of local government competition behavior and regional opening-upon regional talent flow.#br#Therefore compared with the above studies, this study uses an intermediary effect model to explore the impact mechanism of government competition behavior on the regional talent flow through the regional opening-up. It takes three factors of finance, regulation, and investment attraction to measure the government competition behavior. Then it chooses the talent location entropy to measure the regional talent flow. Technology openness, economic openness, and social openness are used to measure the regional opening-up, and regional economic distance is the control variable. Furthermore, to refine the intermediary effect model, it is necessary to make reasonable assumptions about the regional talent flow caused by government competition behavior as well as the regional opening-up. Therefore, this study proposes two hypotheses.#br#Hypothesis 1. The competitive behavior of local government has a certain impact on reducing the difference in regional talent flow, which is specifically manifested as the influence of finance, regulation, and investment attraction on regional talent flow.#br#Hypothesis 2. Local government competition behavior indirectly affects regional talent flow through regional opening-up, that is, the level of regional opening-up is an important intermediary variable for local government behavior to affect regional talent flow.#br#This study selects 48 prefecture-level cities in China from 2010 to 2019 as the research samples, the differentiated government competition behavior of pilot listed regions in 2017 and non-pilot listed regions until 2019 before and after the talent competition was examined in this paper. The research data were mainly derived from the China Urban Statistical Yearbook.#br#The research results show that the government competition behavior and the level of regional opening-up are important factors which affect the regional talent flow. Specifically, local government competition behavior has a significant positive impact on the regional talent flow, which can directly promote the flow of regional talents, and it is embodied in the fact that the greater the investment of local governments in finance, regulation and investment, the stronger the competitiveness and the more conducive to the flow of talents. Furthermore, the competitive behavior of local government still has a significant impact on the flow of regional talents through regional opening-up. To conclude, it shows that the government competition behavior not only directly promotes the flow of regional talents, but also indirectly promotes the regional talent flow through the regional opening-up. According to the research conclusions of this study, some feasible policies are proposed to address the problem of how to narrow the gap of regional talent flow.#br#The contributions of the study are as follows: Firstly, the mechanism of government competition behavior on narrowing the gap in regional talent flow is studied from the perspective of government intervention, which makes up for the lack of regional talent flow literature. Secondly, this study combines the local government competition behavior, regional opening-up, and regional talent flow into the theoretical framework, and uses the intermediary effect model. The impact of government competition behavior on regional talent flow under the role of the intermediary variable of regional opening-up is analyzed, providing guidance for China's regional talent flow.#br#
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Received: 24 August 2021
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